Established in 1852, the community was named to honor Dennis S. Hopkins,
town founder. A post office opened the following year. Essential businesses
opened as well as churches and school. Thomas Zumwalt deeded land
to be used for a union church, Masonic lodge and school.

The town was bypassed by the railroad (the Galveston, Harrisburg and
San Antonio Railroad) and Waelder
was established in 1874. Hopkinsville businesses made the move to
Waelder
and the post office shut its doors in 1876.

By 1900 Hopkinsville was on its way to becoming a ghost town – with
cabins deserted and the more substantial homes moved to Waelder.
By the second half of the 20th Century Hopkinsville was nothing but
a cemetery and a few foundations. Today all that’s left is the marker
shown here.